Edgar Samar
Author · 13 books
Edgar Calabia Samar is a multi-awarded poet and novelist from the Philippines. His first novel, Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog, received the NCCA Writer’s Prize in 2005, and its English translation as Eight Muses of the Fall was longlisted in the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2009. In 2013, he received two Philippine National Book Awards––one for his second novel, Sa Kasunod ng 909 (Best Novel), and another for his book on the creative process, Halos Isang Buhay: Ang Manananggal sa Pagsusulat ng Nobela (Best Book of Criticism). Si Janus Silang at ang Tiyanak ng Tabon, the first book in his YA series Janus Silang, also received the Philippine National Book Award for Best Novel in 2015 and the Philippine National Children’s Book Award for Best 2014-2015 Read in 2016. He has also received prizes for his poetry and fiction from the Palanca and the PBBY-Salanga Writer’s Prize. His other books include Pag-aabang sa Kundiman: Isang Tulambuhay, a poetry collection, and 101 Kagila-gilalas na Nilalang, a children's encyclopedia of Philippine fantastic creatures. In 2010, he was invited as writer-in-residence to the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa.
Series
Books
Si Janus Sílang at ang Labanang Manananggal-Mambabarang
2019
Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon
2015
Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog
2008
Ang Labintatlong Pasaway
2014
Si Janus Sílang at ang Lihim ng Santinakpan
2021
101 Kagila-Gilalas na Nilalang
2015
Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon
2014
Si Janus Sílang at ang Pitumpu't Pitong Púsong
2017
Si Janus Sílang at ang Hiwagang may Dalawang Mukha
2019
Sa Kasunod ng 909
2012
Si Janus Sílang at ang Labanáng Manananggal-Mambabarang
2015
Uuwi na ang Nanay Kong si Darna
2003
Mga Nilalang na Kagila-gilalas
2019
